Clasp for garment-supporters.



No. 697,222. Patented Apr. 8, I902.

T. P. TAYLOR.

CLASP FDR GARMENT SUPPORTERS.

(Application filed Feb. 10, 1902.)

(No Model.)

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UNlTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS P. TAYLOR, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

CLASP FOR GARlVl EMT-SUPPORTERS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart Of Letters Patent NO. 697,222, dated April 8, 1902.

Application filed February 10, 1902. Serial No. 93,395. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS P. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fair-field and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Clasps for Garment- Supporters; and I do hereby declare the following to bcafull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to certain improvements in clasps for garment-supporters, and has for its object to improve upon the construction shown, described, and claimed in Letters Patent No. 605,225, issued June 7, 1898, to M. B. Hammond.

\Vith these ends in view my invention consists in certain details of construction, which will be hereinafter described and then specifically be designated by the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective illustrating my improvement; Fig. 2, a longitudinal sectional elevation showing my improvement as applied to a garment, and Fig. 3 a detail broken sectional perspective View of my improved loop.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

In the Letters Patent referred to above the invention comprises a stud and a slotted metal plate carried, as usual, by tapes and a flexible non-elastic loop intermediate of said stud and plate, the end of the loop extending not quite to the bottom of the slot in the plate. This construction is a most excellent one in that the garment is always suspended out of contact with the lower end of the slot in the plate, and therefore there can be no tearing of the garment; but it is the aim of my present improvement to preserve all the advantages of this patented construction and at the same time to prevent the garment from slipping out of the clasp.

The metal parts of the clasp comprise a stud 1, secured to a supporting-tape 2, anda plate 3, secured to said tape and provided with a pear-shaped slot 4, the enlarged portion of this slot being at the upper part of the plate, while the contracted portion is at the lower end.

5 is a composite loop whose inner portion or core 6 is made of any suitable non-elastic material covered with an envelop or jacket '7, of rubber. This loop at its upper end is carried by a tape and depends intermediate of the metal plate 3 and stud land is preferably secured to said plate by spurs 8, which are formed integral with the plate and are clamped around the loop, just as in the patented construction. This loop does not extend as far down as the lowerend wall of the slot l, so that it will be clear that when the clasp is attached to a garment 9 the latter will be suspended at the lower end of the loop and will not be wedged against the lower end of the slot in the metal plate.

The non-elastic core of my improved loop prevents the garment from being wedged into the lower end of the slot in the metal plate, while the rubber exterior of the loop will yield to the clamping action as thestud is drawn down into the contracted portion of the slot in the metal plate, and the garment will be firmly held between the base of the stud and the under side of the metal plate, because the rubber will not only grip the garment around the shank of the stud, but will by its resilient action and its nature press the garment firmly against the under side of the base portion of the stud owing to the clamping action of the metal plate. The rubber affords a soft, yielding, and clinging surface, which surrounds the shank of the stud at the bottom and at the sides, and therefore there can be no possibility of tearing the garment, and the latter cannot slip from the grip of the clasp.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a garment-supporter comprising a stud and a slotted metal plate carried by a suitable tape, the loop secured in position intermediate of said plate and stud, said loop composed of a non-elastic core and an outer covering of rubber, substantially as set forth.

2. In a garment-supporter comprising a In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS P. TAYLOR.

WVitnesses:

' F. W. SMITH, J12,

F. M. HAMMOND. 

